aslepe

Middle English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈslɛːp/

Etymology 1

a- (“on”) +‎ slepe

Alternative forms

asleape, aslape, o slæpe

Adverb

aslepe

asleep, in or into a state of sleep.

Descendants

English: asleep
Yola: aslepe

References

“aslēpe, adv.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

a- (“of”) +‎ slepe

Adverb

aslepe

from sleep

References

“aslēpe, adv.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English aslepe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈsliːp/

Adverb

aslepe

asleep
- 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 108:
  Hea shet his heade in a bushe, an vele aslepe.
  He thrust his head in a bush, and fell asleep.

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23

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